Russian Navy is ready to retaliate any aggressor, President Vladimir Putin said at the Main Naval Parade in respect of Russia’s Navy Day on Sunday.
Display of power by Russian Navy during Main Naval Parade on Russia’s Navy Day
The Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg and Kronshtadt on Sunday involved more than 4,000 naval officials, 43 warships and submarines as well as 41 aircraft of naval aviation.
“Our Navy ensures the security of the country, its national interests and can properly repulse any aggressor,” Putin said.
It is ensured by the state of the art weapons that Russia has, “but the most important is that the courage and training standards of the fleet crews, loyalty to the St. Andrew’s Flag and devotion to the Fatherland remain a special and lofty duty for them, the sailors stand to the end when they perform their combat missions,” the president said.
“At the time of bitter trials, the seamen are ready to give their lives for their ship, their people and the Fatherland,” Putin emphasized, citing numerous examples of heroism revealed by Russian sailors back in the 19th century, during World War II and most recent examples, like the courage of the crew during the fire on board a Russian submersible in the Barents Sea.
“The Fatherland has always remembered and will always remember the feats of the Russian sailors,” Putin pledged, thanking the seamen for seeking inspiration from heroic traditions, for their unity and strength, for bravery and courage, and for their service to the Fatherland.
He said Navy Day is celebrated across the whole country, which honors “all those who at different times in history served Russia faithfully and loyally, and who continue doing this on its borders and far away from the homeland”.
Vladimir Putin also mentioned Russia’s plan to develop a unique naval fleet.
“The heroism of sailors, the talent of naval commanders and ship-builders, daring of scientists and courage of pioneers have brought great naval glory to Russia. We will not only hold the bar high, but we will continue to move further, we will be building a unique in its possibilities fleet, designed for a long time, the fleet of a strong and sovereign state,” the president mentioned.
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As a guarantee to this, Putin declared “today’s successes of our sailors, their bid to meet the requirements of the time and look to the future, readiness to constantly update their skills as well as resolutely execute the command Full speed ahead”.
Putin showed gratitude to naval officers of Russia for marking outstanding discoveries in geography, biology and geology and said, “Navy (Russian) has made substantial contribution to the development of Russian science and today it is among the first to use cutting edge hardware, to efficiently use and develop next-generation engineering and design solutions that have no analogs in the world”
“Alone this year, Navy will accept for service 15 warships and boats,” he said, adding that naval air force and coastal defense troops were being updated, as well as the infrastructure of naval bases. “The practice of round-the-world voyages has been revived,” Putin mentioned the Admiral Gorshkov frigate that had spent five months on a round-the-world mission, sailing across four oceans.
